at least its more equal than having people “volunteer” for service, even if the rich can still avoid it but its not like laws hold meaning to them anyway.

I have been thinking about this too. I cant say i know much but what keeps coming to my head about this is you need to have at least one friend/acquittance who thinks the same way and willing to start that group with you. If there are 2 of you its already a group and its much easier to do things and think about what to do next.

Protests should be considered mostly as a way of finding likeminded people instead of thinking they might change something. They might, but probably not. Still its worth it do them even if they dont seem to affect much. They show others there are people who care too.

To make such group mean something you really need to think what you ultimately want to achieve and how you should do it. Just demonstrating to other people that there are those willing to take action should do something. Just be smart about what you do and consider how your actions might affect the response so you are always prepared for consequences which will inevitably come if you manage to do do anything meaningful. So have a plan on how to stay safe and hidden and what to do if that fails so your group cant be easily crushed. Nowdays staying hidden is in another world compared to the historic movements, with how surveillance has advanced. So definitely try to get people aboard who know a lot about computers if you can.

Though there is always the route of trying to do stuff that doesnt cause hostile reaction from the authorities. Less danger but that is also playing by their rules and will have less impact unless you know what you are doing. Though no matter what approach one chooses, i think thinking outside the box is the key about finding what to do that works.

At least this is what comes to my mind about this, I cant say I have any experience about it though. Hopefully someone else knows better. I have been thinking about this too occasionally.

sounds like they use glass doors too when it comes to user data safety

No i just think it has its benefits and flaws. The flaws should be fixed and if they cant then something new should be came up with that that works better. Socialism is going in correct direction, possibly the only direction for worthwhile society. We just need to learn from the mistakes of the past.

only thing that inherently has worth to me is making world better place. Communism is just a tool, if it doesnt work correctly then it ought to be fixed or abandoned for something else that works better. And evidently it doesnt work correctly considering how china or soviet union turned out to be for those not in power.

if all humans could plan for the future and wished inherently to make world into better place for others too instead of just themselves communism might work. But as it is, the idea needs some heavy reworking to adjust for human defiencies to be worth even considering. I dont understand how they even came up with something like this and thought its good idea as it is. And naively thought no one would abuse their power or even could manage it all efficiently. Maybe it wasnt idea born out of wanting to make better world but instead just counter reaction to capitalism.

its so annoying, i have this vague idea of something like world without exploitative private property. Like, money would be replaced with actual value of work you have done, you could reasonably use tools and resources without being gatekept by private ownership while still being allowed to have your own things as long as it doesnt cause harm to others. When someone wants more than they can have, its solved instead by working towards improving things for everyone instead of just yourself.

but its just that, a vague idea; mostly fit to taunt me like dangling bottle of water out of reach of someone dying of thirst. And its seeming more and more like wishing one could do magic. It doesnt seem like humans could ever be capable of having a world like that or even want to .

doing all he can to gain more power and get more ways to crush opposition. He has already subverted democratic process. When did he get elected to do stuff that affects your government and country?

Not much better on the upper deck of titanic than elsewhere

not showing them separately would remove the information about how divided users opinions are about that post, post with 200+ and 100- would still look like 100+ which would convey wrong impression about users opinions. Its quite effective way to silence one side of the opinion pool.

all individual can do is find other individuals and try to do something together

yeah, dont focus too much on the news. I have tried doing exactly same, scrolling and hoping to find good news. There are some there but you have to really ignore the bad ones so they dont get to you too much.

You can hide posts so they dont appear again, i do that on some that i keep noticing over and over and dont want to.

problem with solving things with guns is that you will just be outgunned if you have to hold ground.

either you try staying ahead or be blindsided when shit hits the fan. Sometimes its nothing but at least you are better prepared if you were right.

Its so annoying question sometimes, “how are you”. I dont want to start conversation about it and i dont want other person to worry. Buts its also polite so you cant really do anything about it and alternative would likely just be they dont say anything at all which would be cold. I hate lying or being expected to just go through the motions.

maybe i’m just thinking about this wrong then

the ultimate goal of everything should be to try making things better, otherwise what is the point. That is the baseline of all my thinking.

Yes they are, but if result is not improvement then there is a problem in the process. I think that problem is that people just dont think beyond themselves enough.

yes, but the point is to make something that might actually become new standard instead of making the problem worse. I think the problem is that everyone wants to make something that is great for them and hopes others will just willingly or unwillingly use it.

what if instead of coming up with new standards to the pile you combine existing ones, based on what works and is reasonable to do?

google products aren’t free, you pay with your soul.

Well, jokes aside, they are useful but if you are dependent on them google has way too much power over you. Personally, I would be fucked if google decided to ban my account for some reason. And they have demonstrated they will not unban you even if they make mistake.